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1 Mateo-Sagasta, Javier; Gonzalez, G.; Liebe, J. 2017. Contexto de la reutilizacion de aguas residuales municipales en America Latina y el Caribe. In Spanish. [Context of municipal wastewater reuse in Latin America and the Caribbean]. In Mateo-Sagasta, Javier (Ed.). Reutilizacion de aguas para agricultura en America Latina y el Caribe: estado, principios y necesidades. Santiago, Chile: FAO. pp.1-8.
Wastewater ; Water reuse ; Urban wastes ; Water shortage ; Water stress ; Population growth ; Urban agriculture ; Suburban agriculture ; Contamination / Latin America / Caribbean
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048422)
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2 Mateo-Sagasta, Javier; Gonzalez, G.; Thebo, A. 2017. Produccion, tratamiento y reutilizacion de aguas residuales municipales en America Latina y el Caribe. In Spanish. [Municipal wastewater production, treatment and reuse in Latin America and the Caribbean]. In Mateo-Sagasta, Javier (Ed.). Reutilizacion de aguas para agricultura en America Latina y el Caribe: estado, principios y necesidades. Santiago, Chile: FAO. pp.9-20.
Wastewater treatment ; Water reuse ; Urban wastes ; Wastewater irrigation ; Agriculture ; Urban areas ; Sewerage ; Chemical compounds ; Sanitation / Latin America / Caribbean
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048423)
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3 Mateo-Sagasta, Javier; Gonzalez, G.; Moscoso, J. 2017. Los beneficios de la reutilizacion de aguas y ejemplos en America Latina y el Caribe. In Spanish. [Benefits of water reuse and examples in Latin America and the Caribbean]. In Mateo-Sagasta, Javier (Ed.). Reutilizacion de aguas para agricultura en America Latina y el Caribe: estado, principios y necesidades. Santiago, Chile: FAO. pp.21-27.
Wastewater ; Water reuse ; Benefits ; Agricultural production ; Urban areas ; Environmental effects / Latin America / Caribbean / Peru / Mexico
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048424)
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4 Lizarralde, G.; Bornstein, L.; Robertson, M.; Gould, K.; Herazo, B.; Petter, A.-M.; Paez, H.; Diaz, J. H.; Olivera, A.; Gonzalez, G.; Lopez, O.; Lopez, A.; Ascui, H.; Burdiles, R.; Bouchereau, K. 2021. Does climate change cause disasters? how citizens, academics, and leaders explain climate-related risk and disasters in Latin America and the Caribbean. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 58:102173. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2021.102173]
Climate change ; Disaster risk reduction ; Vulnerability ; Weather hazards ; Ecosystems ; Pollution ; Political aspects ; Social aspects ; Government ; Informal settlements ; Case studies / Latin America / Caribbean / Haiti / Cuba / Chile / Colombia / Concepcion / Carahatas / Canaan / Yumbo / Salgar / San Andres
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050300)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212420921001394/pdfft?md5=47b5bde08c41ebc7a06d43edd8d34131&pid=1-s2.0-S2212420921001394-main.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H050300.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H050300.pdf
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For decades, social scientists have attempted to reveal the real causes behind disasters. While some scholars have recently focused almost exclusively on people’s vulnerabilities, the majority recognize that disasters result from a combination of people’s choices and hazards. Agencies and government officials, on the other hand, have often downplayed the political component of disasters (particularly those linked to global warming), preferring to focus on the technical and managerial aspects of climate response. This study explores how activists in informal settlements, academics, and governments in the Global South explain climate-related risk and disasters. The study is based on interviews, workshops, and group meetings in Haiti, Cuba, Chile, and Colombia, and on a four-year analysis of implementation activities where community leaders were given financial resources to create risk reduction initiatives. Results show that there are significant mismatches between understandings of climate effects by people in informal settlements and decision-makers. Besides, whereas some scholars tend to focus on an anthropocentric view of risk and consider climate a component of “the hazard,” residents perceive it as a factor of their vulnerability and a threat to their territories and ecosystems. These results challenge some popular definitions of climate risk and suggest that modern epistemologies of disasters are inappropriate to set up effective risk reduction in the Global South. Understanding local narratives of risk is crucial for the integration of climate and social agendas in the region.
5 Lizarralde, G.; Bornstein, L.; Herazo, B.; Burdiles, R.; Araneda, C.; Martinez, H. P.; Diaz, J. H.; Fauveaud, G.; Olivera, A.; Gonzalez, G.; Lopez, O.; Lopez, A.; Dhar, T. 2022. The problem of doing more: success and paradoxes in scaling up informal initiatives for disaster risk reduction and climate action. Canadian Journal of Development Studies / Revue canadienne d'etudes du developpement, 32p. (Online first) [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/02255189.2021.2019574]
Disaster risk reduction ; Climate change ; Scaling ; Planning ; Policies ; Institutions ; Stakeholders ; Governance ; Non-governmental organizations ; Infrastructure / Colombia / Cuba / Chile / Yumbo / Salgar / Carahatas / Concepcion
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050983)
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/02255189.2021.2019574?needAccess=true
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H050983.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H050983.pdf
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Development studies highlight the importance of scaling good practices and their replicability and transferability to face global warming. But what happens when practices originate in informal urban contexts? Should they be replicated, amplified and formalized? We explore the opportunities and contradictions that emerge in scaling disaster risk reduction in informal settings. For four years, we documented 24 local initiatives and the work of leaders in Latin America. Results show that impact depends on intermediaries, trust, dialogue and a delicate balance between conflicting objectives and different levels of involvement by externals. To succeed, initiatives must address “the problem of doing more.”
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